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Under 13s Await Title Crown!

Our Under 13 Team is expected to be crowned one of the Cambridgeshire League Champions having only lost one game all season! The team has developed substantially this year and very nearly stayed unbeaten eventually losing their final game by two runs! We now have a handful of friendly matches left and a fun Hundred-style game with our Under 11s on the President's Day Sunday 24th July. Some of our Under 13s have already started to make the step up to the Under 15 team and the confidence the Under 13 league wins have given our children is great to see. Notable batting performances this season have been Josh Heslam scoring over 100 runs and averaging 39 which is staggering considering he is an Under 11 and has to retire on 30 so there have been several Not Outs there. Aaron Nash and Sam Dawson have also chipped in with some important runs, Aaron often anchoring the innings as captain. Lewis Karim clicked recently at Thriplow with 22 not out and continues to show great potential, meanwhile Lily Hall has been gradually creeping up the batting order with some valuable runs late on in games. A special mention to Oliver Walters too who has looked technically very correct in games as well. Lily has however emphatically taken the bowling crown though with an amazing 18 wickets at 5.67. Josh Heslam backed up his impressive batting performances with 8 wickets at 6.25. Sam Dawson was slightly unlucky not to get more wickets as our strike bowler got quicker and more accurate as the season progressed. A special mention to Finn Wisson who took a wicket with his first ball in competitive cricket at Wenden! Our fielding [...]

By |2022-07-15T18:35:37+01:00July 15th, 2022|Categories: 2022, 2022 Match Report, Match Reports, News|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Under 13s Await Title Crown!
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U13s 3 in 3!

Our Under 13 team has made a pleasing start to their Cambridgeshire League with three out of three league wins. The league looks like it will be incredibly competitive as all three of our wins have been by small margins and one game elsewhere was tied! First up was a trip to City of Cambridge with a handful for U11s helping us out we won the toss and elected to field. The game was played just off Long Road near to the home of Cantabs rugby club and it appears over the years they have seen sense and switched the wicket round to avoid the problem of trains passing behind the bowlers arm from one end. Playing in the Cambs league is a new experience for many of these players and we started brightly with wickets for Lily Hall, Charlie Ingrey, Joseph Rhodes, Finley Brown and Aaron Nash as well as a smart run out by Daf Hill. They ended on 106 for 7 and we were not sure what resembled a good score but we set about chasing it down with some steady partnerships, most notably 31 before the fall of the first wicket. Opening batters Josh Heslam and Aaron Nash, (recognise those surnames!?) looked very steady before Nash (8) was bowled trying to increase the tempo. Oliver Walters (4) and Heslam (retired for 24) added another 30 before Matthew Barons (11) and Rhodes (10) helped us make a winning start with some late power hitting from Hill (6) and Ingrey (5) we reached our target in the final over. Next up was our first home game of the season, after a few showers in the afternoon we welcomed Royston up to The Green [...]

By |2022-06-01T08:13:45+01:00June 1st, 2022|Categories: 2022, 2022 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on U13s 3 in 3!
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Game, Set & Match versus Godmanchester!

This week may have seen the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament but it also saw an epic Under 15 cricket match on the Reed Green. Our first league win resembled a top seed being slayed on centre court! Godmanchester were unbeaten in the U15 Premier Division of the Cambs Youth Cricket League since their switch from the Hunts league and we were yet to record our first victory. The game went down to the wire and our first win delighted our boys, many of whom have worked very hard to improve. Manager Rich Barlow was forced to shuffle the pack again but we are fortunate to now have lots of U14 and 15 players signed-on having had to concede the reverse fixture due to a lack of availability! We won the toss and elected to field on another nice evening. Charlie Walters (2-14) showed his increased pace and controlled the ball well to prize the wickets of "Goddy's" openers. Dom Longland and Matt Ladds (2-13) also bowled from the pavilion end and utilised the slope well; Ladds was particularly impressive taking a wicket with his first ball on his league debut! Just like the previous night the score we had to chase didn’t appear huge, 120 for 5, Walters (53) and Sanderson (32) were conservative in their reply against some menacing bowlers. As per the previous night again Vincent was thrown in at the deep end however he and Archie M stayed calm under pressure to record an eight-wicket victory. Many parents who have seen the previous games will have seen the boys getting closer to victory but I’m sure many didn’t perceive this against a big gun like Godmanchester. The challenge for them [...]

By |2021-07-06T19:03:07+01:00July 6th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Game, Set & Match versus Godmanchester!
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Small margins at Shelford

Our U15s continued their league campaign with a visit to Little Shelford on Thursday evening. The hosts were packed full of Cambridgeshire County players and we belied our "underdog" tag eventually just losing out by 17 runs. We continued our improvement in the field, captain Sam Osborne showed some athletic ground fielding and Dom Longland showed a safe pair of hands to catch a threatening Aubrey (22) in the deep after a booming hit down to him at long-off from the bowling of Cambridge (1-17). With a tight boundary on one side Shelford's final score of appeared at the time to not be insurmountable. Sanderson and Osborne set about it in their normal steady fashion. Osbourne (51) timed the ball well and made use of the fast outfield. Sanderson (22) unfortunately departed after being run-out looking to up the scoring rate. Jacob Vincent (26) came in and found himself in a crucial moment in the match again with the run rate creeping up, he showed real intent and is appearing to benefit from experiences such as these. Oli Tapsell (9), Oli Cambridge (3), Cook (1) and George Wood (12) also tried to get us over the line with a do or die attitude but eventually we fell just short in the final overs, we can be content with our score of 146 and as fate would have it some magic was about to happen the next evening on the Reed Green. Match report submitted by Richard Barlow.

By |2021-07-06T18:55:33+01:00July 6th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Small margins at Shelford
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First league match for U15s

We hosted local village Thriplow in bizarrely our first league game near the end of June! This was because of postponements due to rain in May and our cup run. We lost the toss and were asked to field in a game reduced to 18 overs with yet another chance of rain possible. We managed to dodge the rain though and it made for an exciting game that ebbed and flowed. We were set 129 runs to win after Sanderson, Archer and Osborne had all taken wickets. Longland also found the edge twice and Mitchell had a chance shelled in the deep. Needless to say it was the 93 second wicket partnership that proved frustrating and contributed to a solid Thriplow total. Sanderson struggled slightly in the fading light and was bowled for 4. Mitchell (13) and Vincent (15) did support the in-form Osborne (51) though as we fell 20 runs short in an entertaining game on the Green. Credit to Osborne and Brent (7) for both striking 6s, Osborne’s was particularly impressive in to one of our neighbours gardens! This week we travel to Little Shelford on Thursday then host Godmanchester on Friday. We are also hoping to involve many of our U15s on the Chairman’s and President's Days on Sunday 11th July and Sunday 1st August respectively. Match report submitted by Richard Barlow.

By |2021-06-28T11:57:14+01:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on First league match for U15s
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15s fall short in Cambridgeshire Cup

Our Under 15s couldn’t back up their comfortable victory over Royston in the previous round losing by 53 runs to Saffron Walden in the quarter-finals of the Cambridgeshire Cup. We lost the toss on one of our finely prepared new pitches at Reed, stand-in skipper Max Sanderson was powerless to prevent some fine power hitting from Wiseman (56) and Legg (34) despite nearly having the latter caught at slip off his own bowling. We gave debuts to Cotes, Donnor and Wallace all of whom applied themselves well in front of a large gathering of parents enjoying some proper cricket weather at last! Sanderson and manager Barlow continued to experiment with various bowlers and were rewarded with some wickets from Cambridge and Wallace W Green also returned from injury, bowling an encouraging 2-over spell. Strike bowler W Archer bowled with fluency and got the ball to grip and bounce well at times taking the visitors' Legg’s top of off stump. Ultimately the visitors score of 169 was going to be a tough ask though despite some shortish boundaries and a fast outfield. Our response was good though regularly going at 5/6 an over. Sanderson fell just short of a 50 which would of been back to back fifties for him in the competition. Several other batsman got starts and hit a boundary or two but didn’t manage to go on and we finished on 116-7. Manager Richard Barlow was encouraged by our boys display though there were lots of positives this evening and we can take them in to our league campaign. I’m really noticing a change in attitudes too, our availability is improving and hopefully the boys are starting to feel part of a team. [...]

By |2021-06-06T09:48:57+01:00June 6th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on 15s fall short in Cambridgeshire Cup
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Reed race out of the traps! U15 Cup

Our Under 15s finally got their season underway in yet another damp May evening. We travelled to Therfield for our already rearranged cup match, arriving in drizzle and dark clouds it was decided that the game would be reduced to 16 overs. As it happened the game ended up finishing with a nice sunset capping off a strange month of weather. Anyway enough about the weather, the team showed some great potential to dispatch Royston in the first round of The Cambridgeshire Youth Cricket Association Under 15 Cup. Captain Sam Osborne won the toss and elected to bat first. He and wicket-keeper for the evening, Max Sanderson, set a good early pace before Osborne fell for 12. Sanderson kept a high scoring rate on a slow and damp pitch. He was ably supported by James Mitchell, the pair combined some impressive pinch hitting with good strike rotation before both retired Sanderson on 51 and Mitchell on 11. The deluge of runs continued though and Vincent (7) and Walters (20) were both hard to set fields to as they bludgeoned some more runs. Whilst we were heavy favourites after posting 125 for 1 in 16 overs we still needed to concentrate and show control with a wet ball. What impressed onlooking parents no doubt was the boys level of concentration in the field. Harry Brent got the ball rolling with a fine diving catch off the bowling of Will Archer. Brent couldn’t follow up his catch as he shelved what appeared to be an easier chance off his own bowling. The team stuck to their guns though and continued to take wickets at regular intervals including a great direct hit at the bowlers end by Sanderson [...]

By |2021-05-27T17:48:35+01:00May 27th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Reed race out of the traps! U15 Cup
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